Posted on 03/21/2008 7:19:04 PM PDT by traumer
Americans traveling to China for the Olympic Games in August can expect their hotel rooms there to be monitored, the State Department warned on its website.
"All visitors should be aware that they have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public or private locations," according to the State Department site.
"All hotel rooms and offices are considered to be subject to on-site or remote technical monitoring at all times. Hotel rooms, residences and offices may be accessed at any time without the occupant's consent or knowledge," it said.
It added that many hotels and apartment buildings may be poorly built, lack emergency exits, fire extinguishers, carbon monoxide monitors and basic security like locks, alarms, and personnel.
It also said that the threat of terrorism appeared to be minimal, but urged caution nonetheless.
"The threat level for terrorism against Americans in China remains low. However, any large-scale public event like the upcoming Olympic Games could become the focus of terrorist acts or other forms of violence," it said.
"There is no reason to believe that US citizens are being targeted at this time," it said.
It also said crime rates were relatively low, with major metropolitan areas safer than similar sized cities in other developing countries.
But "while the overall crime threat is low, the number of criminal incidents, including those directed against Americans, continues to rise," it added.
The Olympic Summer Games will take place from August 8-24, followed by the Beijing Paralympic Summer Games 2008 from September 6-17.
ROFL!
I assume you are aware that this is no small problem.
Asian toilets are violin shaped porcelain bowls in the floor that one straddles and squats over.
Many folks . . . not thrilled and gahgah over all things western . . . think . . . that . . . uhhhhh
business is conducted more . . . uhhhh
flowingly and more anatomically functionally that way.
Without proper instruction or merely because they prefer squatting, the left position is one many take . . . with dreadful consequences for the next user, quite often.
They are loathe to clean up after themselves . . . that’s . . . beneath them in more ways than one.
ok.
Sorry. I may be tired or thick headed tonight. But I’m missing your humor and would prefer to get it/understand. LOL.
I often don’t ‘get it’ with humor, sadly.
i LOVE such signs.
I fear as things are refined that they will be less and less common.
One in Taipei in 1970 read:
HAPPY VD
CLINIC
—within say 5 blocks of the military base.
I guess the thought was that one would be happy to have finally made it to the clinic??
Much thanks.
I save every one I come across.
Sometimes, sadly, it’s because Chinese English dictionaries are rarely or used to be rarely, if ever, proof-read by a native English speaker working with a good bi-lingual Chinese editor.
Some of the dictionary definitions are as hilarious as the signs.
MUCH APPRECIATED, THANKS.
I should have been more interested when I lived there! LOL.
That is . . . I enjoyed them then, but had a dozen higher priorities.
Knowing people That actually Live there The Have Cameras/microphones in the Ceiling light /Fan of Living Rooms..I went out Jogging one day and I told My friend I found your second car Paring Space... It was actually The Space where they Dump Your Trash every Day to see if they can Find stuff... Hell SINGAPORE Listens to your GM Home Phone Conversations the exchanges are set up to Tap Conversations Easily...The Citibamk Imvestment Manager had to Drive on the Coastal Road at 50 Miles per Hour so they wouldn’t electronically steal his Trading Positions..handoffs to the Next Time Zone..at the beginning and end of a Trading day
Yes, the world has such a shortage of brightly lit streets.
Wow, thanks.
I can read 2.5 of those 4 characters! LOL.
http://homepage.mac.com/atknudson/iblog/C641689735/E782206045/Media/IMG_1852.jpg
plus more here
http://homepage.mac.com/atknudson/iblog/C641689735/E782206045/index.html
Thanks much.
Appreciated.
Thanks for all such.
Much enjoyed and appreciated.
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